In this photo taken May 14, 2011, the Portage, Mich. native Lindsay Tarpley, right, challenges Japan's Shinobu Ohno for the ball during the second half of a friendly soccer match in Columbus, Ohio. Tarpley tore her ACL later in the match and missed the 2011 Women's World Cup and hasn't played since.AP File Photo

On Thursday, the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) held its Supplemental Draft as the eight teams continue to fill out their rosters for the inaugural season.

The six-round draft, which was live tweeted via the league's Twitter account featured two highly skilled players with ties to Michigan.

Lindsay Tarpley, a two-time gold medalist and a Portage, Mich. native, was selected with the fourth overall pick by Chicago Red Stars. It is still up in the air if she will play, having not played competitive soccer since tearing her ACL on May 14, 2011 in an international friendly against Japan.

"I'm currently continuing to rehab my knee and currently taking it one step at a time in hopes of making a full recovery," said Tarpley. Hudsonville's Laura Heyboer was selected with the second pick of the third round (18th overall) by the Seattle Reign. When asked, the two-time Gatorade Player of the Year says she's very excited to be heading west.

"I have never been to Seattle," said Heyboer. "I hear lots of good things about the soccer fans and the atmosphere!"

Laura Heyboer, a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year in high school, is the all-time leading scorer in Michigan State women's soccer history.Michigan State Communications

The roster is also a source of positivity for her. Big names, like US internationals Hope Solo, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Rodriguez, as well as some familiar faces make this Reign FC team a good team for her."Kate Deines and I played together for a long time growing up, so it will be fun to play with her again. Also, Haley Kopmeyer from [University of] Michigan after she had such a great senior season."

The NWSL is the third attempt at establishing a long-term women's professional soccer league, with the WUSA (2001-03) and the WPS (2009-11) reach failing to reach a fourth campaign. Unlike the previous two versions of the league, this one is run by the United States Soccer Federation.

Tarpley was still in college at North Carolina during the WUSA era, but she played in WPS for the Chicago Red Stars, St. Louis Athletica, and then helped the Boston Breakers reach the WPS semifinals in 2010. At the time of her last injury, she had 125 caps for the US National Team. She has not been idle during her time away from the field. Tarpley and her husband, US Under-17 National Team manager BJ Snow (also a Portage, Mich. native), became parents for the first time last year.

After finishing her Michigan State career as the school's all-time leading scorer, Heyboer was drafted in the fourth round by Sky Blue FC of WPS in 2012, but the league folded shortly after. Instead, she signed with the Western New York Flash of the WPSL, and was a key contributor to the team's 2012 league championship.